I grew up deep in the woods of Valley Forge, Pa. where my best friends and I would waste summers watching
c-list movies and endlessly making magazine collages for each other. Determined to get the hell out of dodge, I
moved to Washington, D.C. after high school to attend American University. After four years and five switches in
my degree plan, I graduated with degrees in journalism and marketing and what has proven to be a, less lucrative
than expected, minor in philosophy.

My first exposure to graphic design was my very last semester at AU. I took a News Design course as part
of my journalism major. It entailed creating page layouts, infographics, photo compilations and the like. It was
the first time I ever touched an Adobe program and I was completely taken by it.

I started my professional career working in digital media for Discovery Networks International who I had
interned with the previous year. While working, I began taking design classes — mostly in an attempt to satiate my
desire for a creative outlet against the backdrop of corporate cubicle farms. I began taking classes at
Boston University's Center for Digital Imaging Arts (located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.) working towards a
degree in graphic design and web development. After a year of full-time work and classes at night, I was convinced
I had a strong enough passion for design to quit my job and try to do something with my life that I actually
enjoyed. So far, I'm happy to say, it's been the right choice.

I graduated BU CDIA in January 2013 and have since been working on freelance projects, pro bono assignments,
and trying to explain to my grandparents what it is exactly that I do.

Although the timing could've been a bit better, I am so happy to finally have found something I love to do
and I'm determined to keep doing it until I drop dead from lack of sun or carpal tunnel — whichever comes first.

Just send me a quick note if you'd like to request permissions, comissions, or just to say "Hi."
If email isn't your thing, feel free to get in touch any other way your heart desires. Or maybe try bumping
into me around the other places I hang out on the internet...